Game



Patented Mar. 3, 1925.

no-REN'JOEN seHMin'r, jor-sfr; Louis; MSSQUM.

GAME Appucatrn mea between, 1924. 'jse'rial No.' 745,608.

To all whose t mag/concern: f

Beitlcnovvn that-LfLoREN Joii'Nl SCHMIDT, a citizenl 'of the United States; andi a resident regard to certain more specific eaturesto f persons'fabove one. 1

Among/thefseveral for anynumber-oi?players;y andthe provision 4oit a "novel and attractive'A gaine adapted to the requirements et comparativelyunskilled players? Gtflier-*obfject's-lvvill loe-'in part olrwiousl an d in part pointed'l out`r hereinafter.

Theinvention accordingly'- coniprfisesthe features i Lof construction, combinations'` of elements Vand arrangements fo parts, which' are! exemplified? 'in'` `the *description `hereinafter in' i connection with. the accompanying d-ravvings,T and#V itlielscope lof-the#L application of which willl be :indicated inl tlielfollowlng Referring1 now particularly v'-to fsa-,id draW- ing," vvthere isf-illustrated at 11 kand- B a set O plaques composed ofl astif l material such i as cardboard hinged i at 5.` They Vhinge 5 ina-y coinpriseeitlierarscore line, cloth hingeor any other suitable hinging nieans.- Allof the playing-elements are mediated,"printed,`

oril otherwise represented onthesehinged plaques. and the device is thus:adaptedto be folded coinpactly Whennot in use.

Referring now to y thet 1loWerjfplaque l, there is printed -or-'otherwise illustrated on f' theright side thereofthe likeness V"I ofI an indicating; dial isuch2as`is-ordinarilyused on radio operating 'panels. This` likeness or illustration i vcomprises Ia circular portion f 9 composed offalternate' sections 1l, anda-L13` colored black and red" respectively. Each set of lcolored sections, b'th"-blacliand'fred v L has 'its respective portions numbered, pref! off St; Louis,l Missouri, havel invented an f AfImprcweineiit- 'in Games, lofV whichk the f' fol` erably according 'tothe some aritliinetieal progression such as `5,"10,'1/5 etc.,

as illustrated' here'. Each, seit may 'have its" own progression 'oruse that 'of theotl'i'en Theiblacli portions are' numbered"outwardly of the circle as at15 anlfthe redfportionsY inwardlyfthereof as' atlIA The illustration 7 is provided with afspinning'f int'er i9 made preferably of'iiaital and p osely pinned tothe center of'the plaqueg 'Spinner l9-"is v`adapted to. rotate loosely` and? upon being-given#v a` rotativeniotion Aor :spin will come to rest, pointingto any 'one of the numbered black or red'tsections as chance may dictate. Beneath the 'dial' illustration is an'iinitative ti'tle" 23j'indicating'thatV the illustration represents, say, 'a Wave indicator.

Tothe'leftlofthe Wave indicatoiwis' represented "another 'feature' 'found "on radio panels i. e., a tuning dial. This illustration comprises "a'j'circular' disc "25,y rotatably pinned to the loiverpla'que'l'by "means of" a button'. This disc25 is pro-vided with peripheral divisions 29': One halfoff `the divisions 29 *areY colo-redb'lac'li 'suclias at' 3l Underneath'theidisc 25 and on the plaque' l are .indicated various radio station'fcally letters -37 suclifas are usedoi 'thelino're iniportant stations in the UnitedStates; These callgletters are arranged Within an annular stri-p Which is concentricwitli respectto Vthe' button'27. In the drawingjthe disc 25 is broken away to show` a" group oi'these' call letters. The disc 25' is provided v'With 4an open panel i39- `through" which 'one/'set of" station callletters maybe; read at a time. The-disc 25 andfits allied vparts" purports to be a tuner as indicated on the plaque at 4l. The whole lower plaque is entitled Re ceiving set as shown at 43, and is made to appear realistic with such representations as panel screws 44.

On the upper plaque 3 is printed or otherwise illustrated a United States map 46 (or map of any district) with the principal broadcasting stations 45 indicated thereon. These stations are indicated by means of their location, the city in which they happen to be located, and their call letters. This data is printed or otherwise illustrated on the map as at 47, 49 and 5l, respectively. The call letters on the map correspond Yto those under the dial 25.

Near the map and printed or otherwise illustrated on the upper plaque 2 is a frame 53 within which is set down the names 55 of the cities shown on the map 43 and opposite each of these names is shown the citys distance 57 from a given city such as St. Louis. The given city is indicated in a title 59 for the frame 53.

The game is played as follows:

A player spins the pointer 19 which comes to rest, as chance may dictate, pointing either to a black or red section of dial 7 and its corresponding numeral, say forty, red. This, in the spirit of the game gives a wave length.

The tuner is then set so that its red section at this number forty is opposite the pointer 35. This puts the panel 39 and its aperture over some one of the call letters 37 and the letters may then be read. This, in the spirit of the play, is tuning in on a station.

After the call letters are found, they are located on the map 43, and the city for the corresponding station may be thus as.

certained. Then, referring to the frame 53 the distance from this city to a given city such as St. Louis may be read off directly. This distance reading represents the players score for the one play. His scores per play are added as the play goes on. The players preferably take turns about in spinninfr.

lli the present embodiment the black division, one hundred, gives K. S. D. when the tuner is set which represents the city of St. Louis and makes the player winner of the game without further play.

As many rounds of play as desired may constitute one game.

It will be seen that the game is suited to relatively unskilled players, and during the play any player readily learns the different radio station call numbers, the cities in which such call numbers are located, and the locations of such cities. The game thus includes an educational element while holding the interest of its players. Another advantage of this game lies in the fact that there are no loose extraneous playing members to become lost and thus the game is relatively more portable than many ot-hers.

F rom the above it will be seen that the several objects of the invention are attained and other advantageous results achieved.

As many modifications of the embodiment above illustrated might be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention, it is intended that the above description and accompanying drawings and claims shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim:

l. A game comprising two hinged plaques, a pointer adapted to be spun and come to rest at a colored and numbered space, a disc with corresponding colored and numbered spaces thereon, a pointer likeness wherewith a setting may be made with said disc, radio station call letters under said disc, an aperture in said disc through which the said call letters are adapted to be read, a. map, call letters on said map corresponding to theV said call letters, names of cities on said map adapted toV be referred to from said call letters, a frame, names of cities in the frame correspondingto the names of the cities on the map and opposite the said names Vof cities their distances from a given city named in said frame.

2. A game comprising a pointer adapted to be spunand come to rest pointing to a space, a rotatable disc, spaces corresponding to the above on said disc, means for setting said disc spaces over against another pointer, groups of call letters beneath said disc, an Vaperture in said disc through which said call-letter groups are adapted to be read, a map, the above named call, letters on said map. names of cities on said map corresponding to the stations represented by said call letters, and a reference frame for ascertaining the distances of said cities from a given city.

3. A game comprising a pointer adapted to be spun and to stop giving a reading, means for using this reading to obtain a second and new reading, the above named pointer and means adapted to appear as radio receiving instruments, means for obtaining a third and new reading from the second reading said last named means adapted to appear as a map and a means for obtaining a fourth numerical reading from said third reading, said last named means adapted to appear as a table of city names and corresponding distances, said distances being the players score.

4. A game comprising a pointer adapted to be spun and to stop giving a reading, means for using this reading to obtain a second and new reading, the above named pointer and means adapted to appear as radio receiving instruments, means for obtaining a third and new reading from the second reading said last named means adapted to appear as a map and a means for obtaining a fourth numerical reading from said third reading, said last named means adapted to appear as a table of city lo names and corresponding distances.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification this 22nd day of October, 1,924.

LOREN J AOI-IN SCHMIDT. 

